Alpha Conde wins Guinea’s presidential election

Guinea’s incumbent President Alpha Conde

Guinea’s incumbent President Alpha Conde has won the presidential election ended on last Sunday by obtaining 59.49 percent of the votes, provisional results released Saturday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) showed.

Conde, the candidate of the ruling party RPG (Rally of the Guinean People), won the electoral ballot with 59.49 percent against 33.5 percent for the candidate of opposition party UFDG (Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea), Cellou Dalein Diallo, who came in second position, according to the provisional results publicly announced by the president of the CENI.